The Art of Architectural Leadership with Tina Wright

Tina Wright is an Area Tech Lead at Grammarly, and has worked as a software engineer at Coursera, TRI, and Google.

In this episode we discuss:

What is an area tech lead?

Technical leadership as a generalist, rather than a specialist

How to get the best from your team through a service leadership style

The advice she would give her younger self

Resources mentioned:

Staff Engineer: Leadership Beyond the Management Track by Will Larson https://staffeng.com/book

The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work by Shawn Achor https://www.shawnachor.com/books/happiness-advantage/

In Praise of Idleness by Bertrand Russell https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Idleness-Routledge-Classics-46/dp/0415325064

The QCon 2024 "The Path to Staff+ and Beyond" track Tina mentioned has passed, but you can purchase a Video Pass on the conference website to view the recordings. https://qconsf.com/track/nov2024/path-staff-and-beyond

Where to find Tina Wright:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaewright/

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LinkedIn:⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidiwilliams1⁠⁠⁠⁠

Where to find Karen Ko:

LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenko26